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Patent GB-191115247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace Curtains.
Inventor: PEACH PHILIP
IPC: D04C1/00
Filed: 1911-06-30
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 15,247. Peach, P. June 30. Lace.-Curtains are produced with integral marginal portions C, D separated from the border B by openwork meshes G so that when the selvedge portion E is secured by sewing to the portion F next the meshes G, a hem-stitch effect is obtained. The portions C, D may be dissimilar in character and may be separated by a line of meshes H. A similar hem may be formed at the top of a curtain, and may be divided by stitching into a pocket portion for the curtain and a frilled edge.
Patent GB-191116911-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Cleaning and Lacquering Light-coloured Boots and the like.
Inventor: HAAGENSEN OLINE
IPC: A43D95/08
Filed: 1911-07-24
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 16,911. Haagensen, O. July 24. Polishing-compositions.-Light-coloured boots &c. are cleaned by removing grease and old polishing-paste by means of benzine, and old lacquer by scraping or grinding; a ground colour such as brown or brown-red aniline powder dissolved in spirit is then applied to the boots, which are next wiped over with benzine, lastly, a thin coating of waxen leather colour is applied, and the boots are smoothed over with a warm sad-iron. The finishing-colour may be a mixture of brown earth leather colour, black nigrosine leather colour, and the ground colour.
Patent GB-191123003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Table Fountains.
Inventor: O'ROURKE FRANCIS EDWARD
IPC: B05B17/08
Filed: 1911-10-18
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 23,003. O'Rourke, F. E., and O'Rourke, G. J. Oct. 18. Fountains.-A portable table fountain comprises a water-chamber C and an air-chamber A separated by a division plate B. Air is pumped into the chamber A through the valve E, and the supply of compressed air to the chamber C is controlled by the valve F. The fountain plays when the valve C in the outlet pipe D is opened.
Patent GB-191123439-A (GB)
Title: A New Process for Charging or Regenerating the Plates of Accumulators.
IPC: H01M10/42
Filed: 1911-10-24
Abstract: 23,439. Trautmann & Mayer. Oct. 24, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Electrodes, regenerating. - A negative electrode of an accumulator is regenerated or kept from becoming exhausted before the positive by connecting it to an amalgamated zinc plate temporarily inserted in the electrolyte during use or rest, the life of the battery being prolonged, or sulphation of the negative plates prevented in a battery which is seldom used. Recharging takes place as usual when the positive is exhausted, the zinc plate being removed. Zinc is dissolved in the electrolyte during the regeneration, and may remain in solution up to a moderate amount. The method is applicable to batteries for propelling vehicles, lighting land, air, and water vehicles or houses, pocket lamps, motor ignition, telegraph and telephone work, electro-plating, and medical use.
Patent GB-191124537-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Securing String or other Material when Tying Up Packets, Parcels or the like.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES JAMES
IPC: B65D63/14
Filed: 1911-11-04
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 24,537. Harvey, C. J. Nov. 4. Seals.-A device for securing and sealing a cord or the like after its passage around a parcel &c. comprises a disk a having radial grooves or slits b and a central hole d. One end of the cord z is knotted at z' whereby it is retained in the hole d, and after the cord has passed around the parcel, its other end is tied into a knot beneath the disk a and cut off close to the disk. The disk a may be secured to the parcel &c. by a nail or the like, or it may be soldered or glued to the surface of the parcel.
Patent GB-191127393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Skiving Leather or the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: C14B1/00
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-12-06
Abstract: 27,393. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Dec. 6. Cutting-edges, treating.-Grinding-mechanism for the cylindrical cutter of a skiving-machine comprises a disk which is driven from a clutch coupled by the movement of the disk into operative position. The disk is carried by an arm 57 pivoted on a shaft 58, to which is also pivoted another arm 59 carrying a clutch member 60, from which the disk 56 is driven by belt gearing. The arm 57 is moved, to bring the disk into engagement with the cutter, by the longitudinal movement of a rod 70, which is effected bv the rotation of a knurled head 71 acting through cam surfaces 76, 77. Clutchengaging movement is imparted to the member 60 by a spring 73 bearing on a lateral extension 72 of the arm 59. The parts are so arranged as to secure the coupling of the clutch before the disk 56 reaches its operative position. The parts are returned to their inoperative position by springs.
Patent GB-191128313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means of Operating a Cross-slide of a Machine of the Turret Type.
Inventor: AUSTIN HERBERT
IPC: B23B7/00
Filed: 1911-02-07
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 28,313. Austin, H. Feb. 7. Turning.-Turret lathes are provided with a cross-slide carried by a saddle traversed by the turret saddle. A bar R carried by the turret saddle has one or two contact plates r adapted to engage with one or more stops p<1> carried by the cross-slide saddle, and mounted on the arm of a pinion P<2> which meshes with a rack adjustably secured to the cross-slide so that when the slide is fed in to bring the tool into operative position the stops p<1> are turned into the path of the plates r to cause the saddle to be traversed by the next movement of the turret saddle. The pinion P<2> meshes with a pinion splined to a side shaft rotated at the end of the lathe by a cam-operated sector meshing with a pinion on the shaft.
Patent GB-191200078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Portable Unspillable Electric Battery Lamps for use in Mines, Ships, and like places.
Inventor: SPARKES THOMAS
Filed: 1912-01-01
Granted: 1913-01-01
Abstract: 78. Sparkes, T. Jan. 1. Gas exits. - In a portable lamp for use in mines, ships, and the like, the insertion of a plug for charging the accumulator automatically provides an outlet for the gases evolved during charging. In the arrangement shown, the celluloid cell communicates with a chamber g having a lateral opening through which projects a valve stem g<1> having a rubber facing g<3> normally pressed against the opening by a rubber spring g<4>. The stem is pressed inwards by the body of the plug to allow gas to escape through one or more holes g<6> in the chamber wall. The facing g<3> may be extended to cover a hole g<5> to form an auxiliary safety-valve for the escape of gas after charging. The plug has two pins h<3>, h<4>, Fig. 6, of different sizes adapted to fit in corresponding slots formed in angle-pieces a<3> on the battery terminals.
Patent GB-191203626-A (GB)
Title: Means for Protecting Metallic Surfaces from Corrosion.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: C09D5/08
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 3626. Lake, W. E., [New Jersey Zinc Co.]. Feb. 13. Paints.-For protecting metal surfaces from corrosion, soluble or slightly soluble tungstates, such as zinc orthotungstate, or phosphotungstates, silicotungstates, borotungstates, &c. are added to paints.
Patent GB-191205867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Drum Furnaces.
Inventor: PFEIFER PAUL
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1912-03-08
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 5867. Pfeifer, P. March 8. Furnace fire - places; fuel, feeding; blast apparatus. - In a revolving furnace for burning pulverulent, granular, or lump fuel, air for combustion is supplied to the fuel during its passage through the furnace by means of one or more jets preferably set in an oblique or crosswise direction. In the form of furnace shown in Fig. 1, fuel is fed from a hopper g into the rotating drum a, and air is introduced through nozzles h, i so as to strike the glowing fuel. Instead of two nozzles, one only may be used. In a modification, fuel is fed to the drum at one end by a worm conveyer, while jets of air are delivered on to the fuel from nozzles arranged at the other end of the furnace, from which end also the gases escape. A still more efficient combustion may be obtained when one of the air jets is replaced by the blazing flame of fired coal-dust, while the other air jet is maintained in order to effect a final and complete burning of the fuel. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the air nozzle h is pivoted to a pipe k, which may turn about a pivot l. There is also a telescopic arrangement at k to permit adjustment in height of the nozzle. In order to remove clinker from the walls of the drum, the nozzle h and its connecting-pipe are turned about the pivot l, this movement shutting off the air supply to the nozzle h; the fixed pipe m, Fig. 6, of the joint l is provided with an aperture m<1> adapted 'to register with an aperture in the sleeve n, when the nozzle is in its operative position, and to be closed by the sleeve n when the nozzle is turned aside. The interior of the drum is then accessible through the opening in the door t. The heat radiated by the furnace may be utilized for heating the air supplied to the nozzle. The air around the drum collects beneath a canopy q to which is connected the suction pipe r of the fan s supplying the nozzle h. According to further modifications, the air-nozzle is arranged in a telescopic manner, and may be slid backwards to leave the face of the drum free; or, as shown in Fig. 8, an injector may be used for supplying the jets of air.
Patent GB-191214140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Temporarily Putting Out of Operation the Fare Registering Mechanism of Taxameters.
Inventor: BRUHN FRIEDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1912-06-17
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 14,140. Bruhn, F. W. G. June 17. Taximeters; flag and setting-spindle mechanism. - Apparatus for limiting the time during which the flag may be in the 'payment' position without registering, comprises a spring-controlled lever f acted upon at its upper end by a bell-crank lever h and provided at its lower end with a toothed sector i. The lever h is adapted, when the setting-shaft is not in the ' payment ' position, to be raised by the cam g<1> on the flag or setting shaft and to move the lever f against its spring away from a stop f<2> and the end of the actuating-lever b. When the shaft is set to the payment position, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the lever f is brought into contact with a pin b<2> carried by the actuating-lever, an angular abutment f<3> serving to arrest the lever in its downward movement and prevent registration. At the next upward movement the pin engages upper teeth i<3> on the sector i which it moves through one tooth for each actuation of the lever by the wheel a, the sector being prevented from returning by a detent k engaging lower teeth i<4> on the sector. After a predetermined number of oscillations, a large tooth i<5> is brought opposite the abutment f<3>, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the pin b on the next descent pushes the lever to one side and moves through a full stroke, thus actuating the counter. The upward movement of the lever is allowed for by the slope of the tooth i'. On being moved to the ' free ' position, the lever f is returned to its position away from the lever b and the detent k is lifted, when an arm k<1> carried thereby strikes a pin o, thus allowing the sector to return under the influence of its spring i<1>. An adjustable stop i<2> limits the movement of the sector i under the influence of its spring, the position of the pin i<2> serving to determine the number of teeth i<3> engaged by the pin b<2>.
Patent GB-191216158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Screwing Machines.
IPC: B23G1/04
Filed: 1912-07-10
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 16,158. Hampton & Beebee, and Hampton, J. A. July 10. Screwing; s c r e w i n gdie heads. - The set position of a cam closing die head is determined by a stop c<3> on an adjustable back plate c, and is maintained by a hook b<3> on the cam plate against the pressure of a spring f. The stop c<3>, normally held in the plane of the hook by springs, is traversed laterally on pins c<2> by contact with a fixed stop to determine the length of thread. Buffers h prevent injury to the ends of the cam slots, and a limiting chain prevents excessive movement and consequent disengagement of the spring f. The hook b<3> may be arranged to slide laterally instead of the stop.
Patent GB-191217309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tablet-wrapping Machines.
IPC: B65B11/58
Filed: 1912-07-25
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 17,309. Forgrove Machinery Co., and Grover, F. July 25. Packeting by wrapping-up.-A machine of the type described in Specification 29,015/11 is provided with an additional or first wrapping- mechanism so that the tablets are enclosed in two wrappers, the folding of the first wrapper being completed by the application and folding of the second wrapper; the latter operation is carried out by mechanism similar to that described in the aforesaid Specification. The tablets 2 are fed forward on to the upper end of a vertical plunger 3 below an aperture 4 in a table 5 which receives the first wrappers from a roll 6 by feed-rollers 7, a length being cut off by a knife 8. The plunger 3 rises and guides 13, 13<Î> and 12 turn down the wrapper into the form shown in Fig. 5. The tablet and wrapper are now held by grippers 11, 11<Î> on a carriage 10. A slide 14 and tuckers 15 advance and make the folds shown in Fig. 7. The carriage 10 then moves to the left, bringing the tablet into position between plungers 23, 24 and over a wrapper which has been fed from a magazine by gummed feet 20 of a mechanism similar to that described in Specification 11,812/09, [Class 73, Labels &c.]. A guide 13 turns up the depending portions of the wrapper, and tuckers 22 fold in the front projecting corners during the movement of the carriage, at the end of which the relative positions are as shown in Fig. 9. The plungers 23, 24 descend, and the wrapper 18 and the projecting side portions of the inner wrapper are turned up. The second wrapper is applied substantially in the manner described in Specification 29,015/11, the two folding- mechanisms working at right-angles to each other so that the outer wrapper secures the inner. The last remaining tabs of the packet are turned up under the packet, the completed form of which is shown is Fig. 16.
Patent GB-191217370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garments.
Inventor: REITH ADOLF
IPC: A41D1/02
Filed: 1912-07-26
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 17,370. Reith, A. July 26. Materials for wearing-apparel; ventilating wearing-apparel.-Garments, bathing-caps, &c. are made of artificial leather, and the parts a are connected by strips b placed over the joins and sewn or glued along the outer edges, leaving spaces e through which the air can circulate.
Patent GB-191218957-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Appliance for Slaughtering Cattle, Horses and like Animals.
Inventor: RANSOM CHARLES
IPC: A22B3/02
Filed: 1912-08-19
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 18,957. Ransom, C. Aug. 19. [Cognate Applications, 22,344/12 and 309/13.] Pneumatic.-Relates to appliances operated by compressed air for use in slaughtering cattle and horses, and consists in the special combination of parts comprising a barrel a enclosed at one end by an annular compressed-air chamber b, a piston d carrying a striker l fitting in the said barrel, and a sear e for holding the piston in the withdrawn position. When the sear e is released by pulling the trigger i, compressed air enters the barrel through ports c and forces the piston along the barrel. The reservoir b is charged by a pump attached to the valve j, and a pressure gauge k is fitted.
Patent GB-191221609-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cutting Machine.
Inventor: OPPENHEIM MAX
IPC: A23G7/00
Filed: 1912-09-23
Granted: 1913-09-23
Abstract: 21,609. Oppenheim, M. Sept. 23. Stream-cutting machines. -In machines for cutting- up confectionery, soap, clay, &c., of the kind in which tablets of material are passed successively through two sets of cutters arranged at an angle to each other, a table is arranged between the two sets of cutters and is so operated as to separate a tablet that has passed through the first set of cutters from the following tablet and convey it in front of the second set of cutters. A slide 5, reciprocated by a lever 16 operated by a cam 30 and spring 16', feeds the tablets of material successively through the first series of cutters 2 on to a table 9 interchangeably carried by a support 13 mounted upon a rod 14, which is reciprocated by a lever 15 operated by a cam 17. The cut material is then pushed through the second set of cutters, which are arranged at right-angles to the first, by a pusher connected to cam-operated levers 21. To ensure separation of the cut material, it is held down on the table 9 by a plate 10 carried by a lever 11 pivoted to an extension 14<1> of the rod 14 ; the lever 11 is normally raised against the action of a spring 31 by a trip lever 26 pivoted to the rod 14 and is released by a trip 32 engaging the nose 26<11> of the lever 26 when the table moves forward. The stroke of the rod 14 is adjustable, to suit different sizes of material, by adjustably pivoting the lever 15 or by connecting the rod 14 thereto by a link 40, Fig. 4, adjustably connected to a slot 41. Waste material is deflected outwards and downwards by bowl-shaped scrapers 42, Fig. 7. Spring- pressed plates 8 hold down the material during its passage through the cutters.
Patent GB-191222623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Celluloid and like Compositions.
IPC: C08K5/06
Filed: 1912-10-04
Granted: 1913-11-04
Abstract: 22,623. Marks, E. C. R., [Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., E. I.]. Oct. 4. Plastic compositions containing cellulose esters, nitro-starch, &c.-Nitro-starch or esters of cellulose are mixed with an aldol such as acetaldol, as a substitute for the whole or a part of the camphor usually employed in the manufacture of celluloid, and with or without the addition of a volatile solvent. Acetaldol, which is liquid, polymerizes into a solid at ordinary temperatures and the polymerized product is reconverted into liquid acetaldol on heating. The liquid form is a good solvent for nitrocellulose. Products made by this process may be reworked by heating to a comparatively low temperature. The composition may be used for making artificial horn and leather, for photographic films, and for other purposes.
Patent GB-191223051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Tearing or Cutting Off Pieces from Rolled Up Paper.
Inventor: SCHADE FREDERIK
IPC: B65H35/00
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 23,051. Schade, F. Oct. 16, 1911, [Convention datel. Rotary and oscillating type for cutting rectilinearly ; severing by tearing. - Apparatus for cutting or tearing - off pieces from rolled - up paper comprises a cutter or knife-edge 16 carried by arms 9 pivoted at 11 and provided with a roller 10 adapted to form during the severing operation a slack in the web, which, by straightening itself after the severing operation, serves to feed the free end of the web past the cutter. Brake rollers 3 and guide rollers 7, 8 serve to control the web. In a modification, the roller 10 is replaced by a corrugated bar 19 which connects the arms 9 and coacts with rollers 18 or a second corrugated bar. The straightening- out of the web after the severing operation may be ensured by a second roller 21 mounted as shown in Fig. 4, or by a spring or weight.
Patent GB-191223462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: OLSON OLOF
IPC: F01C5/00
Filed: 1912-10-14
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 23,462. Olson, O. Oct. 14. Fixed-abutment type; movable-abutment type; valves, distributing and cut-off.-Flexible vanes 17, which may be formed for example of steel plate, Fig. 2, or of several members hinged together, Fig. 4, are connected at one end to an outer member 2 and at the other end to an inner floating sleeve 10 mounted on an eccentric sleeve 9 secured by flanges 6, 7, 8 to a hollow shaft 3. Motive fluid entering the hollow shaft on one side of the partition 27 passes by way of the chest 19 between the flanges 6, 7 through a port 24 in the sleeve 9, which registers in turn with successive ports 22 in the sleeve 10 communicating with the expanding chambers between the flexible vanes. Exhaust takes place through a similar set of ports on the other side of the partition 27. A channel 26 is formed in the sleeve 9 to receive motive fluid and reduce the friction of the sleeve 10. Either the cylinder 2 or the shaft 3 may be made the stationary member.
Patent GB-191225677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoking Pipes.
Inventor: WETZEL RICHARD EMIL FERDINAND
IPC: A24F7/02
Filed: 1912-11-08
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 25,677. Wetzel, R. E. F. Nov. 8. Tobacco pipes.-The mouthpiece is provided with an extension 6 having a peripheral groove 7 and a flattened portion 8 to allow a spring tongue 4 to pass into and engage the groove by means of a partial turn. The tongue is carried by a thimble 3 fitted on the end of the stem. The thimble may have double walls forming an annular space in which the stem is secured.
Patent GB-191302720-A (GB)
Title: Method and Means for Dressing or Re-setting and Grinding the Teeth of "Licker-in" or "Taker-in" Rollers used in Carding Engines.
Inventor: DRONSFIELD JAMES
IPC: B24B19/18
Filed: 1913-02-03
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 2720. Dronsfield, J. Feb. 3. Carding-engines.-The teeth of licker-in or taker-in rollers are dressed or re-set in a separate machine by a tool comprising a number of thin blades with reduced ends which engage the spiral spaces between the roller teeth and are thereby traversed along the roller. Means for grinding the roller may be mounted upon the machine. The taker-in roller 5, Fig. 1, is supported in bearings 4 on brackets 3 at each end of the frame 1. The shaft 5<Î> is held in the bearings by swivel caps 6 secured by screws 7. The tool is mounted in a holder 11 adapted to be traversed along the machine on a slide 8. The tool comprises a number of blades 20, Fig. 9, with reduced ends 21, which are clamped together by bolts passing through holes 23. The blades are clamped between a base-plate 14 and a cover-plate 15, which are arranged to slide between flanges 13 on the holder 11. A screw 16 passing through a swivelling block 17 on the holder engages the block 14 to adjust the tool in one direction. A screw 19 passing through the clamp and bearing on the holder effects the adjustment in the other direction. The taker-in roller is driven from the main shaft 24 through a chain - driven countershaft 27 carrying a belt-pulley 26. A grinder 32 carried upon a shell is also mounted upon the machine frame, and is traversed by a double-threaded screw shaft 39. The shell is driven by a belt 35 from the shaft 24, and the shaft 39 is driven from the shell by a differential motion. The adjustment of the grinder is effected through worm gearing by means of the handle 34. The taker-in roller may be driven at different speeds for ra-setting and grinding.
Patent GB-191303493-A (GB)
Title: A Novel or Improved Heat Radiating Device particularly applicable for use in connection with Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02F1/06
Filed: 1913-02-11
Granted: 1914-02-11
Abstract: 3493. Wharrad Engineering Co., and Wharrad, L. A. Feb. 11. Drawings to Specification. Metal pipes and tubes. - A detachable heatradiating device, applicable to the exhaust pipes of internal-combustion engines and generally, comprises a sheet or strip of metal having tongues or projections punched and bent up at an angle to the sheet.